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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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