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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC 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 quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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