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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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