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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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