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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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