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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive 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 Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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