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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation 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 issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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