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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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