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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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