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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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