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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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