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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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