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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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