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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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