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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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