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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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