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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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