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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts 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 book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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