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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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