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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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