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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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