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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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