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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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