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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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