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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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