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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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