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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee 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 institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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