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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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