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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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