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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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