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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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