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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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