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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed 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 business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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