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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the 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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