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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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