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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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