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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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