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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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