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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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