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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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