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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers 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 Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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