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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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