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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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