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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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