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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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