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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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