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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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