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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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