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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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