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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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