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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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