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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly 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 several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines 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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