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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. 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 MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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