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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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