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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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