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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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