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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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