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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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