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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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