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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors 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 strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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