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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that educators 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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