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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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