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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are free 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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