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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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