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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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