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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education enable people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure 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 organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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