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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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