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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the 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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