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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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