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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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