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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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