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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators 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 Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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