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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally 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 learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open 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 edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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