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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators 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 models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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