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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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