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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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