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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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. MOOC courses are normally 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 a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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