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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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