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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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