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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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