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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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