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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers 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 institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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