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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach 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 Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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