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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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