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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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