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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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