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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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