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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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