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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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