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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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