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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure 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 institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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