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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed 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 Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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