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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling 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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