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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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