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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC courses? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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