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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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