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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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