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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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