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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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