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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning enable humans all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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