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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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