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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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