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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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