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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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