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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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