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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching 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 openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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