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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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