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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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