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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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