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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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