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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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