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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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