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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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