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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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