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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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