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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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