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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online 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 Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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