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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes 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. MOOC courses are mostly free 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 institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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