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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed 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 Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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