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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because blended 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 instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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