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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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