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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 Morocco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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