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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that educators 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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