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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured 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 institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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