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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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