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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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