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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that instructors 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 institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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