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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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