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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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