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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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