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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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