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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive 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 edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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