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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online 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 institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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