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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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