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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies 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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