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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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