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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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