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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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