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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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