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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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