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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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