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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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