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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the 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 new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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