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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are normally 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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