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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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