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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly 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 a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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