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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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