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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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