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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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