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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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