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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning enable learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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