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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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