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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses 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 institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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