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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. 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. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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