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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses 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 a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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