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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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