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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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