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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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