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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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