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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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