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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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