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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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