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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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