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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Sudan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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