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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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