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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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