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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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