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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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