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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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