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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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