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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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