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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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