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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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