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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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