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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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