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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. 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 massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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