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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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