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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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