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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education