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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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