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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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