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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed 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 models are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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