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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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