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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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