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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are generally 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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