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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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