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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee 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 strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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