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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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