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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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