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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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