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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning make it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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