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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers 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 Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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