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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 business models are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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