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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure 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 business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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