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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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