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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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