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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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