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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach 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 organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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