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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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