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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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