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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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