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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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