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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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