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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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