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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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