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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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