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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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