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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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