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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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