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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education