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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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