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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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