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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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