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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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