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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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