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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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