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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online 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 LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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