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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online 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 quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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