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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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