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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand these open educational undertakings. People want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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