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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively 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 institutions like Vietnam to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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