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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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