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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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