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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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