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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open 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 MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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