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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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