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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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