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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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