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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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