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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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