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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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