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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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