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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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