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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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