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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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