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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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