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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes 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 institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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