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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education