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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students 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 a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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