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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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