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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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