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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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