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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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