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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure 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 models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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