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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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