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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the gripping 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 scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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