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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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