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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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