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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that educators 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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