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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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