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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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