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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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