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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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