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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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