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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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