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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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