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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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