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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed 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 Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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