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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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