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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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