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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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