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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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