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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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