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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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