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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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