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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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