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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach 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 Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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