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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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