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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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