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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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