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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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