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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education