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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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