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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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