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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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