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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified 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 institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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