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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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