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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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