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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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