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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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