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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always 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 education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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