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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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