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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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