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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education