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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 MOOC courses are free for students 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 institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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