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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers 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 LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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