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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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