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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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