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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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