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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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