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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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