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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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