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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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