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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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