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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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