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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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