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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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