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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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