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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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