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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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