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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies 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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