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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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