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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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