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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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