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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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