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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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