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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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