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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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