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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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