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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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