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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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