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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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