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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the major 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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