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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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