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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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