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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually 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 many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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