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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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