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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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