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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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