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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free 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 several subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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