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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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