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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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