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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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