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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers 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 different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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