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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open 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 organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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