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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers 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 models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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