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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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