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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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