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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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