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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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