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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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 massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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