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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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