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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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