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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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