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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that teachers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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