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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education 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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