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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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