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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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