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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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