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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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