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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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