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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important 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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