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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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