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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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