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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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