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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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