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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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