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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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