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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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