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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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