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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners 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 several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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