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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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