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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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