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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently 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 several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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