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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education