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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive 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 edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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