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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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