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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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