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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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