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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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