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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider 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 institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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