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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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