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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 institutions like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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