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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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