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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified 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 Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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