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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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