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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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