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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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