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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes 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 FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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