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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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