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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online 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 organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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