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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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