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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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