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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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