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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. People want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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