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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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