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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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