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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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