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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured 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 institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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