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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes 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 MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources