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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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