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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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