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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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