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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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