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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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