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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure 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 business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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