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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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