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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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