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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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