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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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