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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes 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 a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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