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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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