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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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