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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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