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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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