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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. 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. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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