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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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