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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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