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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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