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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning enable people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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