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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers 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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