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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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