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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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