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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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