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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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