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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach 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 organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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