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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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