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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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