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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers 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 Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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