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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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