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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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