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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 United States to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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