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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure 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 edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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