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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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