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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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