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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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