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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive 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 organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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