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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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