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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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