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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 many topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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