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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC 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 institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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