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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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