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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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