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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open 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 Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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