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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open 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 organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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