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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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