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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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