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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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