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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online 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 Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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