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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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