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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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