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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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