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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are typically 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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