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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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