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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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