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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the major 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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