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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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