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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we certify 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 institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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