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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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