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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators 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 strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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