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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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