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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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