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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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