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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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