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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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