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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching 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 Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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