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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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