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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand these open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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