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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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