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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Finland to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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