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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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