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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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