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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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