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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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