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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively 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 Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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