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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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