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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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