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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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