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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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