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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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