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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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