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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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