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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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