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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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