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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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