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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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