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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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