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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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