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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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