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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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