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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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