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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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