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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in 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. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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