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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important 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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