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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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