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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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