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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers 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 Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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