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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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