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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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