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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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