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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify 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 institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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