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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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