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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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