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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. 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. These MOOCs are commonly 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 many issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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