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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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