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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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