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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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