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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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