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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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