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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? 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 MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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