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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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