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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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