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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. 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 classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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