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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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