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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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