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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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