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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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