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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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