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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured 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 Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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