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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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