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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning enable people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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