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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers 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 different business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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