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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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