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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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