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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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