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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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