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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are generally free 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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