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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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