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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers 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 University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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