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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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