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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning are empowering people all around the world 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. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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