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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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